Lindsay Pollard-Post: Spay or neuter pit bulls

[RealPitBull]

Lindsay Pollard-Post: Spay or neuter pit bulls

Athens Banner-Herald - Story updated at 8:13 pm on 6/17/2009

In light of the tragic pit bull attack that left 13-year-old Johnchavious Echols needing plastic surgery, I urge Athens- Clarke County officials to consider a law requiring pit bulls to be spayed or neutered ("Mauled teen faces long recovery," Tuesday).

As an animal shelter volunteer, I've interacted with hundreds of pit bulls. Many are sweet, but pit bulls can be unpredictable. More pits than I can count have gone from wagging their tails and licking my hand to snarling and lunging, after glimpsing another dog.

Pit bulls are the breed of choice for cowardly individuals who breed them for aggression toward other animals or humans. Many pits are terribly abused: starved, beaten, kept on heavy chains their entire lives, and worse, turned into cheap alarm systems or living weapons.

When pit bulls bite, many adults are no match for their strength, let alone a child.

Preventing more pits from being born would save many of these dogs from ending up in the hands of abusive people, and it would help prevent future attacks, as unsterilized dogs
are three times more likely to bite. To learn more, visit www.HelpingAnimals. com.


Lindsay Pollard-Post
Norfolk, Va.
Lindsay Pollard-Post is a research specialist for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

[tank]

PETA people are a bunch of idiots. Although I am all for dogs being spayed and neutered this article over the top.

[emilys]

yes, certainly if pit bulls are eliminated through mandatory s/n, none will end up in the hands of "abusers".

duh

[bubsy]

ughhhhhhh :-(

[lola1]

I never realized how cowardly I am and that I abuse my dogs by letting them sleep with me at night and take them everywhere I can or by spoiling them with cool collars and good treats.

[maryellen]

i am cowardly too.. hell i let them lick the ice cream from my spoon then eat the rest of it...

[michele5611]

Maryellen...obviously you do not realize that by allowing them to lick ice cream from your spoon your are not only cowardly but are contributing to their unpredictable nature. LOL

[RealPitBull]

Notice how she talks about dogs being friendly to her, but then lunging at another dog walking by. What?? ??? So? How is one act connected to the other? Obviously the dog likes people, doesn't like other dogs, right?

If she has worked in a shelter for a long time she should fully understand that barrier frustration and dog reactivity is extremely common in that setting, anyway.

These PETA people make me so sick; they use word play to push their agenda, and for the average person, what they say 'makes sense'. If they would just be honest, I could at least respect that: we want all pets to be extinct, so just s/n all of them and stop breeding/buy. Period. The end. Don't pretend to care about my breed with all this double-speak and fact-twisting.

ARGHHHHHH!!!